"You think I don't know? You asked Martin to investigate that old case. About Owen."
"So it was Martin…" she muttered under her breath when she realized he had told Rowan about the old case.
She met Rowan's gaze, her eyes firm despite the hurt inside her.
"Yes. I had Martin investigate. I just wanted to get rid of the questions that had been running through my head.
That's it. I've already buried that past. As for Owen, it's ridiculous to think I ever liked someone who looks exactly like that jerk, Lucas."
Lyra let out everything in one breath.
"Why did you keep it a secret?"
"It's not a secret… it's my past. And like I just told you, I buried it. I don't want to remember any of it."
"But you went to have lunch with Owen that day."
"I was only repaying his kindness with one lunch, after everything he suffered for years because of me. And we promised not to bring up the past. Like it or not, we're friends from now on."
